Kilts, The Wise Financial Choice

[MacConnachie]

Geez, we must have some pretty wealthy people in this discussion. I've never paid more than $20 for a pair of jeans in my life and it'll be a cold day in Hell when I pay over $700 for a waistcoat, leather or not. as for what constitutes a real kilt, our forefathers would laugh themselves sick over the pretentiousness of the whole debate then take away our whisky and tell us we can have it back when we grow up.

Och, no the whisky!!

Bubba, I have to be careful, when reading some of your posts, that I haven't just taken more than a sip of coffee. The snorting and coughing from my cubicle tends to alarm some of my co-workers.
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There are plenty of opinions here, some held more strongly, and defended more vehemently, than others.

As a nitpick, there are many types of "kilts" around the world -- past, present and (most likely) future. Even though "Scot" appears in the name of this website, I, for one, refuse to limit my discussions here only to traditional Scottish highland dress. So, if one feels that the word "kilt" is synonymous with Scotland in this cosmopolitan Internet-linked day and age, that's fine. Just be aware that others' world views and awareness levels may not be on a par with yours.

Speaking of par, and focusing on that sport, for a moment, I'm certain that the old-timers' jaws would drop if confronted with sculpted greens, elevated tees, and intentionally created landscapes sustained by irrigation and petrochemical fertilizers and weed/pest control substances. They'd likely take their "featheries" and their "mashey" and wander off, shaking their heids and seeking out more than just a wee dram o' 't.

Oscar Wilde said that, "Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we must alter it every six months." I respect the traditions of those from whom we are descended -- I may well be the first in my direct family line since the days of the American Revolution who has gone kilted, although I cannot speak for my many 3rd, 4th and more distant American cousins, of course. When these discussions seem to me to tend more towards what constitutes a "proper" and fashionable "form" of Highland wear, rather than the practical functionality for which our ancestors first spun and waulked and dyed and wove tartan fabric, then I see a bemused ghostly Mr. Wilde pondering what in blazes may have brought his Celtic cousins to such state.